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The Master of Commerce is one of the most sought after postgraduate courses in India due to it’s diversified syllabus and multiple specializations. Candidates preparing for the MCom exam must refer to the suggested books, as they play an important role in the students’ understanding of crucial concepts. Some of the popular books of MCom are Managerial Economics by DN Dwivedi, Management Accounting by Khan and Jain, Strategic Management by Fred R David and Entrepreneurship Development by SS Khanka.
The MCom books for each subject is useful for developing both theoretical and practical knowledge. Candidates must refer to the books that covers all important topics in the MCom syllabus. Read the complete article to get the important information regarding the MCom books, and it’s publisher/authors.
Semester 1 | Semester 2 | Semester 3 | Semester 4 |
Indian Accounting Standards | Advanced Managerial Accounting | Research Methodology and Quantitative Techniques | Strategic Management |
Financial Management | Investment Management | Cost Accounting and Control | Taxation |
Organisation Theory & Organisation Behaviour | E-Commerce | International Financial Management | Financial Derivatives |
Business Information System | Digital Marketing & Social Media | Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management | Entrepreneurship Development |
OOPs using C++ and Java | Advanced Excel | — | — |
Candidates appearing for the MCom exam can prepare using the recommended subject-wise books given below.
Subject | Suggested Book | Author |
Indian Accounting Standards | Accounting Theory and Practice | Jawaharlal |
Advanced Accountancy | R.L. Gupta and Radhaswamy | |
Accounting Theory | L.S. Porwal | |
Accounting Standards | D.S. Rawat | |
Financial Management | Fundamentals of Financial Management | Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Erhardt |
Financial Management: Theory and Practice | Prasanna Chandra | |
Corporate Finance: A Focused Approach | Michael C. Ehrhardt and Eugene F. Brigham | |
Financial Management: Text, Problems and Cases | M.Y. Khan and P.K. Jain | |
Financial Management | P.V. Kulkarni | |
Organisation Theory and Organisation Behaviour | Organizational Behaviour | K. Aswathappa |
Organization Theory and Design | Richard L. Daft | |
Behaviour in Organizations | J. Greenberg and R.A. Baron | |
Organisational Behaviour | Don Hellriegel and John W. Slocum | |
Organizational Theory, Design, and Change | Gareth R. Jones | |
Business Information System | Management Information Systems: The Manager’s View | Robert Schulthesis and Mary Summer |
Management Information Systems | Gerald V. Post and David L. Anderson | |
Management Information Systems | S. Jaiswal | |
Management Information Systems | O’Brien | |
IT: The Breaking Wave | Denis P. Curtin | |
OOPs Using C++ and Java | C++ How to Program | Deitel and Deitel |
The Complete Reference C++ | Herbert Schildt | |
A First Book on C++ | Bronson | |
C++ Programming: From Problem Analysis to Program Design | Malik | |
Computer Science: A Structured Approach Using C++ | Forouzan | |
Advanced Managerial Accounting | Management Accounting | S.P. Gupta |
Managerial Accounting | Ronald W. Hilton | |
Accounting Theory & Management Accounting | S.P. Jain and K.L. Narang | |
Accounting Theory & Practice | Jawahar Lal | |
Advanced Management Accounting: Text, Problems and Cases | Jawahar Lal | |
Investment Management | A Guide to Indian Capital Market | O.P. Agarwal |
Investment Management | V.K. Bhalla | |
Investment Management | Frank J. Fabozzi | |
Security Analysis & Portfolio Management | Donald E. Fischer and Ronald J. Jordan | |
Security Analysis & Portfolio Management | S. Kevin | |
E-Commerce | Electronic Commerce: From Vision to Fulfillment | Elias M. Awad |
Electronic Commerce | M. Greenstein and T.M. Feinman | |
Frontiers of Electronic Commerce | Ravi Kalakota and Andrew B. Whinston | |
Business Data Processing System | P. Mohan | |
Advanced Excel | P.C. Mohanan | |
Digital Marketing and Social Media | Influencer: Building Your Personal Brand in the Age of Social Media | Brittany Hennessy |
Social Media Marketing: A Strategic Approach | Melissa Barker and Donald I. Barker | |
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World | Gary Vaynerchuk | |
Digital Marketing for Dummies | Russ Henneberry and Ryan Deiss | |
Fundamentals of Digital Marketing | Puneet Bhatia | |
Advanced Excel | Charts and Graphs Microsoft Excel 2013 | Bill Felen |
Statistics Made Simple: Do It Yourself on PC | K.V.S. Sarma | |
Microsoft Office 2007: Essential Concepts and Techniques | Shelly, Cashman and Vermaat | |
PC Software Under Windows | Puneet Kumar | |
100 Statistical Tests in R | N.D. Lewis |
Subject | Suggested Book | Author |
Research Methodology and Quantitative Techniques | Research Methodology | C.R. Kothari |
Business Research Methods | William G. Zikmund et al. | |
Cost Accounting and Control | Advanced Cost Accounting | S.P. Jain and K.L. Narang |
Cost Accounting – Principles & Practice | S.P. Iyengar | |
International Financial Management | International Financial Management | Madhu Vij |
International Financial Management | Jeff Madura | |
Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management | Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | Donald E. Fischer and Ronald J. Jordan |
Securities Analysis and Portfolio Management | Punithavathy Pandian | |
Strategic Management | Crafting and Executing Strategy | Thompson and Strickland |
Strategic Management | Fred R. David | |
Taxation | Direct Tax Laws | Vinod K. Singhania |
Income Tax Law and Practice | V.P. Gaur and D.B. Narang | |
Financial Derivatives | Financial Derivatives | R. Amuthan |
Options, Futures and Other Derivatives | John C. Hull | |
Entrepreneurship Development | Entrepreneurship | Robert D. Hisrich |
Entrepreneurship Development | S.S. Khanka |
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